HP Congress chief Sukhu to chair election, campaign committees

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New Delhi, Oct 13 (PTI) Himachal Pradesh Congress chief
Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu will chair the party's election and
campaign committees for the November 9 state polls, the party
said today.

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has approved the
appointment, party general-secretary Janardan Dwivedi said in
a statement.

Gandhi also approved the party's coordination, publicity,
manifesto and disciplinary committees for the polls, he said.

The Congress party has announced incumbent Chief Minister
Virbhadra Singh as its chief ministerial candidate for the
state polls. Singh reportedly had been at loggerheads with
Sukhu until Gandhi intervened earlier this month.

According to the statement today, the party's 14-member
election committee will have Singh and senior leader Anand
Sharma. They are part of the 23-member campaign committee too.

Sukhu has been appointed the convener of the coordination
committee, which will have AICC general secretary in-charge of
the state Sushil Kumar Shinde, Sharma and secretary Ranjeet
Ranjan Yadav as members.

The state's incumbent Industries Minister Mukesh
Agnihotri will chair the party's publicity panel, while
another minister Thakur Kaul Singh is the head of manifesto
committee.

Party leader AN Vidyarthi will chair the disciplinary
committee. PTI ENM
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This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.